Favorite Ride: Seneca Rocks, West Virginia
Behind our bikes is Seneca Rocks, a crag that towers 900 feet above the North Fork River and is one of the best-known natural features in West Virginia. Photos by the author.
It?s not until we exit Interstate 81, run through some gears on U.S. Route 48, and catch a whiff of dew-covered fields that I feel like we?ve arrived. Craig, a friend from college who lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia, has a pass for the weekend, so he came down for a ride with me to Seneca Rocks through ?Wild and Wonderful? West Virginia. He?s on his 2000 Harley Road King and I?m on my 2011 Triumph Sprint GT.
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Our starting point is Manassas, in northern Virginia, and the fastest route west to the Appalachians is Interstate 66, followed by a three-mile hop on I-81 before we exit and turn onto U.S. 48.
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Once off the interstate, everything changes. Time ? and our speed ? slows down, giving us the opportunity to notice our surroundings. Simple houses have cinder-block foundations and detached garages. Folks out here don?t walk behind wimpy electric mowers, and they don?t put grass clippings in bags. Out here they proudly ride large gas-powered mowers, with clippings flung far and wide across expansive yards. We take in that unmistakable smell of freshly cut grass ? it smells like summertime.
Nestled in the Appalachians, Seneca Rocks is part of Monongahela National Forest.
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